Boston University

Science & Technology

Boston University BU, US Capitol Hill, Government Shutdown, research funding cuts

University News

Federal Shutdown Shuts Down Some BU Research

October 16, 2013

Boston University BU, Fall Career Expo, internship job opportunities, Metcalf ballroom, Center for Career Development

Business & Law

Jump-start Your Job Search at Fall Career Expo

October 16, 2013

Boston University BU, opinion, Nuclear Armament, Neal Leavitt, College of General Studies CGS humanities lecturer

Politics

POV: Nuclear Armament Is a Lose/Lose

October 9, 2013

Boston University BU, Alice White, Chair of College of Engineering Mechanical Engineering department,

Engineering

From Bell Labs to BU, with a Passion for Engineering

October 8, 2013

Boston University BU, Point of View POV opinion, opposition to Obamacare maddening, School of Management Stephen Davidson, Affordable Care Act

Voices & Opinion

POV: Opposition to Obamacare Is Maddening

October 4, 2013

Health & Medicine

MED Prof Earns Drucker Award

October 2, 2013

Boston University BU, School of Medicine BUSM, New England Infectious Disease Laboratory NEIDL, contagious diseases clearance, tuberculosis research, Boston Public Health Commission, Institutional Biosafety Committee ISB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious Diseases

Federal Court Supports NIH Review of Biolab Safety Risks

October 1, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS research assistant professor of archaeology Francisco Estrada-Belli, Mayan archaeological dig, Guatemala Ministry of Culture, Pacunam Foundation, the Alphawood Foundation, National Geographic Society Waitt Grants Program, Maya Archaeology Initiative, National Science Foundation funded study

Science & Technology

CAS Archaeologist Finds Near-Perfect Maya Mural

October 1, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering ENG, Edward Damiano, biomedical engineer, diabetse research therapeutics, bionic pancreas

Engineering

Sugar Fix

September 30, 2013

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), food stamps, federal benefit cuts

Public Health

POV: Starving Out Food Stamps

September 24, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Engineering professor electrical and computer engineering Theodore Moustakas, research technology lawsuit, blue LED light-emitting diodes technology infringement

Technology

BU Sues Leading Tech Firms for Patent Infringement

September 24, 2013

Boston University BU, College of Arts and Sciences CAS anthropology professor Jeremy DeSilva, prehistoric humans feet, physical therapist Kenneth Hold, how human ancestors walk

Schools and Colleges

Walking Like a Cavewoman

September 19, 2013

legality of United States US domestic surveillance programs, PRISM, US domestic surveillance program, Edward Snowden, United States National Security Agency NSA, Joseph Wippl, Professor of International Relations, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Faculty

POV: The Legality of the Government’s Surveillance Programs

September 18, 2013

Gizem Yarbil, Deputy News Editor, Aljazeera Turk, Syrian refugee crisis, Syrian refugee camps, Southern Turkey

Science & Technology

COM Alum Reports on Syrian Refugee Crisis

September 17, 2013

Boston University BU, Archaeologist Curtis Runnels, David Carballo, tool knapping tool making, archeology, College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Academics

Knapping Rocks

September 16, 2013

David Weil, Boston University School of Management, SMG, labor market policy, US Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division

Science & Technology

SMG Prof Nominated for Department of Labor Position

September 16, 2013

Boston University School of Medicine, BUSM, Boston University Medical Campus

Research

MED Grapples with Major Sequestration Cuts

September 16, 2013

Andrew Bacevich, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country, US Army

Politics

POV: How the Government Stole Our Military

September 10, 2013

Boston University Police Department BUPD, smartphone iPhone Android App, public safety on campus

Public Safety

BUPD: Now on Your Smartphone

September 5, 2013

Conflict in Syria, war in Syria, international involvement, chemical gas warfare

Voices & Opinion

POV: William Keylor on What History Says about Obama’s Syrian Dilemma

August 30, 2013

POV: William Keylor on What History Says about Obama’s Syrian Dilemma